12.26.2011

A Baby Owl For a Baby

When I was recently invited to my friend's baby shower celebrating the birth of her new baby son born only 3 days before my own.. I was a bit concerned. Not about attending. But about getting her a gift.

These days, I rarely get out of the house.. Not only does it seem to take half the day to get myself ready to go anywhere, but between lugging around a huge diaper bag, and a baby carrier containing a baby that may start screaming at any moment.. shopping is a bit nightmarish at this point. Not to mention.. my first attempt at grocery shopping with both children last week has left me traumatized to the point in which I may never recover...

So I am very happy to say that with a little ingenuity and the help of the internet.. I put together a clever little baby gift (if I do say so myself) without leaving the house.

In keeping with the "owl themed" baby shower, I purchased these sweet hand-painted little owl shirts from this awesome etsy shop. A onesie for baby Logan and a little tee shirt for his older brother, Cole.

I just love these..

I then found a stray envelope and handcrafted a personalized card using the computer and some of my daughter's construction paper.

And then comes the cutest part.

Using some scraps of yarn, felt, some left over buttons, and this pattern as a guide,

I'm not surprised she loved it - it is absolutely gorgeous!I'm with you on the comfort of your own home thing though, the first time I took both my kids shopping it took me far too long and I still couldn't even get everything I needed.Nightmarish! I don't know if it gets better as they get older or whether you just get used to it xxxx

Adoreable idea! Why is it that we crafty people feel we totally miss the mark if we give just store bought items...it must be a genetic DNA thing in our blood! Love the owl...had the pattern printed out and then saw your post and now I really want to whip one up!

Argh, flashbacks!!!! My two girls are 2 years and 4 months apart and in the early days supermarket shopping was always a bit traumatic! My youngest has just turned a year old and I think I'm just about over it but leaving the house with both of them is still hard work. Love the gifts for your friend - lucky girl!

Such creativity! I can only wish I had that!! I have a question..do you happen to recall what yarn you used for the owl? I just LOVE the brown tweediness and would love to get my hands on some. Would be awesome if you know. Thanks!